Slavery, emancipation and colonial rule in South Africa / Wayne Dooling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dooling, Wayne.

Series:

Research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 87.

Ohio University research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 87

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--South Africa--History.

Enslaved persons.

Slavery--Economic aspects--South Africa.

Slavery.

Colonies--Economic conditions.

Colonies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Slavery, Emancipation and Colonial Rule in South Africa examines the rural Cape Colony from the earliest days of Dutch colonial rule in the mid-seventeenth century to the outbreak of the South African War in 1899.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

1: The Making of the Cape Gentry

2: The Bitter-sweet Fruits of British Rule

3: Negotiating Emancipation

4: Problems of Free Labour

5: The Remaking of the Cape Gentry

Epilogue

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Originally published: Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-243) and index.

ISBN:

0-89680-462-3

OCLC:

471133677